The Human Rights Defense Center has sued Dallas County over alleged free speech and due process rights violations at county jail.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lew Sterrett Justice Center pictured in Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2022. (Elias Valverde II/Staff Photographer) On her first night in ...

Dallas County has struggled for years to release people from jail on time, leaving them behind bars for weeks and months past the end of their sentences. Texas is now testing a new technology aimed at ...

The money will help, but it's not what Cynthia Willis really wants from Dallas County. Earlier this year, Willis, 36, was held in the Dallas County jail at least 46 days beyond when her charges were ...

On her first night in the Dallas County jail, paramedics rushed Julie Buelna to a hospital with a head injury and blood coming from her ears. But the sheriff's office never told her family she was ...

In Dallas County, jail officials have put “a near-total ban” on printed literature, violating a 2007 federal consent decree where they agreed Prison Legal News publications were permitted mail, the ...

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County Judge Clay Jenkins says the current facility is facing overcrowding issues and has outlived its usefulness as it is nearly 50 years old. “I think we’ll have the land bought in ’26. And we’ve ...

It's time for the Green Wave to put together a complete game on both sides of the ball. POTTSVILLE — The Pottsville Crimson Tide knew they would be tested through the early parts of their 2026 season, ...